William Acheff
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Selecting A Pot

oil on board
30h x 22w in
76.20h x 55.88w cm
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$ 30,000 

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Bemoaning the Talking Wire - SOLD

oil on board
12h x 10w in
30.48h x 25.40w cm
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SOLD

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Fire Light and Good Smoke-SOLD

oil on canvas
9h x 7w in
22.86h x 17.78w cm
SOLD
 

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Praying For The Return-SOLD

oil on linen mounted on board
10h x 7w in
25.40h x 17.78w cm
SOLD

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Rio Grande Pueblo Jars-SOLD

oil on board
10h x 18w in
25.40h x 45.72w cm
SOLD

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Serranos and Habaneros-SOLD

oil on linen
12 x 28 in
(30.48h x 71.12w cm)
SOLD

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The Green Band-SOLD

oil on linen on board
8h x 6w in
20.32h x 15.24w cm
SOLD

Biography

William Acheff, b. 1947, Anchorage, Alaska, (United States)


William Acheff’s art passion was kindled while living in the San Francisco Bay area when, at age twenty-two, artist Roberto Lupetti invited him to his drawing class. After six months, Acheff moved into his own studio while continuing visits to Lupetti’s studio for criticism and words of wisdom.


Restless, Acheff ventured to Taos in 1973. Armed with classical training, he developed a very distinct style that is widely recognized and admired. He is renowned for his highly realistic still lifes of rich Native American artifacts of the past. The Pueblo Indians of Taos have provided him with inspiring subjects to paint. “Artifacts and traditions of the past,” he explains, “seem to hold more mystical and aesthetic value than those of contemporary times.”


William Acheff was born on January 28, 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Athabascan Indian ancestry. His grandfather came to Alaska in 1898 at the onset of the Alaskan gold rush.